October 31, 2011

China's Trouble With the Neighbors

China’s neighbors will not be reliably good to Chinese interests unless and until China begins to provide essential public goods – not just commerce, but also full-fledged regional governance based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and regional economic growth.

Hillary Clinton this week highlighted the benefits that will flow to Bangladesh as a neighbor to reforming Myanmar. Her trip to Dhaka, rare for a US secretary of state and coinciding with a gift-bearing visit by India's finance... more ››

China’s increasing belligerence in the South China Sea has led the new president of the Philippines, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, to make the most credible policy commitment in decades to improve Philippine... more ››

Over the last several weeks, as Western media has followed the unfolding of events of Chen Guangcheng’s dash to the U.S. embassy in Beijing, which came on the heels of the Bo Xilai scandal, Chinese media has shifted... more ››